WSJ Crossword May 5 2025 Answers

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Across

• 1A Foe of Gandalf Crossword Clue

  Answer: SARUMAN

• 8A ___ fly (certain baseball hit) Crossword Clue

  Answer: SAC

• 11A Cheadle of “Ocean’s Eleven” Crossword Clue

  Answer: DON

• 14A Humble response to “How do you get everything done?” Crossword Clue

  Answer: IMANAGE

• 15A Bit of fireplace residue Crossword Clue

  Answer: ASH

• 16A Before, in poetry Crossword Clue

  Answer: ERE

• 17A One of a pair for Fred Astaire Crossword Clue

  Answer: TAPSHOE

• 18A Tell tall tales Crossword Clue

  Answer: LIE

• 19A So-so grade Crossword Clue

  Answer: CEE

• 20A Destructive event of Genesis Crossword Clue

  Answer: THEGREATFLOOD

• 23A Any of the men in “12 Angry Men” Crossword Clue

  Answer: JUROR

• 25A Some are classified Crossword Clue

  Answer: ADS

• 26A Japanese wheat pasta Crossword Clue

  Answer: UDON

• 27A Children’s author Blyton Crossword Clue

  Answer: ENID

• 28A Finally settles Crossword Clue

  Answer: PUTSTOREST

• 31A Tokyo, before 1868 Crossword Clue

  Answer: EDO

• 32A Trips around the track Crossword Clue

  Answer: LAPS

• 33A Tavern beverage Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALE

• 34A Own Crossword Clue

  Answer: POSSESS

• 36A With more of the same sort Crossword Clue

  Answer: ANDSUCH

• 40A Owns Crossword Clue

  Answer: HAS

• 41A DraftKings data Crossword Clue

  Answer: ODDS

• 43A Some eco-unfriendly coal sources Crossword Clue

  Answer: STRIPMINES

• 47A “Queen of Country” McEntire Crossword Clue

  Answer: REBA

• 48A At any point Crossword Clue

  Answer: EVER

• 49A Game with a spinoff called Dos Crossword Clue

  Answer: UNO

• 50A “Morbius” star Leto Crossword Clue

  Answer: JARED

• 51A With 65-Across, beginning of Sinatra’s “New York, New York,” and an apt instruction for this puzzle Crossword Clue

  Answer: STARTSPREADIN

• 55A Summer mo. Crossword Clue

  Answer: AUG

• 56A Georgia airport letters Crossword Clue

  Answer: ATL

• 57A Moorish capital of southern Spain Crossword Clue

  Answer: GRANADA

• 60A CEO’s degree Crossword Clue

  Answer: MBA

• 61A Pastoral pasture Crossword Clue

  Answer: LEA

• 62A Noteworthy 2000s IVF patient Natalie Suleman, popularly Crossword Clue

  Answer: OCTOMOM

• 63A Night, in poetry Crossword Clue

  Answer: EEN

• 64A Weep Crossword Clue

  Answer: CRY

• 65A See 51-Across Crossword Clue

  Answer: THENEWS

Down

• 1D Obedience school command Crossword Clue

  Answer: SIT

• 2D Paul Simon’s “I ___ Rock” Crossword Clue

  Answer: AMA

• 3D Run-DMC and the Fugees, e.g. Crossword Clue

  Answer: RAPTRIOS

• 4D Barefoot Crossword Clue

  Answer: UNSHOD

• 5D “Politically Incorrect” host Bill Crossword Clue

  Answer: MAHER

• 6D Extremely eager Crossword Clue

  Answer: AGOG

• 7D ___-do-well Crossword Clue

  Answer: NEER

• 8D Leafy lunches Crossword Clue

  Answer: SALADS

• 9D In the present circumstances Crossword Clue

  Answer: ASITSTANDS

• 10D Restaurant VIP Crossword Clue

  Answer: CHEF

• 11D Crack, as a secret message Crossword Clue

  Answer: DECODE

• 12D Cereal that tastes like cookies Crossword Clue

  Answer: OREOOS

• 13D “You ___ worry” Crossword Clue

  Answer: NEEDNT

• 21D Satisfies one’s hunger Crossword Clue

  Answer: EATS

• 22D Entices Crossword Clue

  Answer: LURES

• 23D 1987 Chrysler acquisition Crossword Clue

  Answer: JEEP

• 24D Ctrl-Z command Crossword Clue

  Answer: UNDO

• 28D Prove acceptable Crossword Clue

  Answer: PASSMUSTER

• 29D Improves, as one’s game Crossword Clue

  Answer: UPS

• 30D Carmaker Ransom Crossword Clue

  Answer: OLDS

• 32D Vault Crossword Clue

  Answer: LEAP

• 35D Bake, as an egg Crossword Clue

  Answer: SHIRR

• 36D End for lemon, lime or Gator Crossword Clue

  Answer: ADE

• 37D Internet forum ID Crossword Clue

  Answer: USERNAME

• 38D Solid with six faces Crossword Clue

  Answer: CUBE

• 39D Cabbage buy Crossword Clue

  Answer: HEAD

• 41D ___ about (roughly) Crossword Clue

  Answer: ONOR

• 43D Kind of bagel Crossword Clue

  Answer: SESAME

• 44D Pre-flat-screen electronic component Crossword Clue

  Answer: TVTUBE

• 45D President after Carter Crossword Clue

  Answer: REAGAN

• 46D Not out of bounds Crossword Clue

  Answer: INPLAY

• 47D Spoil, as a picnic or parade Crossword Clue

  Answer: RAINON

• 50D Site that urges “Find your Beshert today!” Crossword Clue

  Answer: JDATE

• 52D It’s 1 on the Mohs scale Crossword Clue

  Answer: TALC

• 53D 2024 achievement for Elton John Crossword Clue

  Answer: EGOT

• 54D Keystone setting Crossword Clue

  Answer: ARCH

• 58D Stock market indicator, familiarly Crossword Clue

  Answer: DOW

• 59D Pre-noon hrs. Crossword Clue

  Answer: AMS

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